“I don’t think Broner can take Manny’s power,” said Fortune. “(Marcos) Maidana put Broner down twice and Manny’s punch is way stronger than Madiana’s. Broner has a dog’s mentality. Once he gets hurt, he runs away. Broner’s basically a 1-2 puncher with little foot movement so he’s not hard to hit. He has a tendency to sit in the pocket. He likes to counter so he’ll wait for Manny to come in but he’ll engage. I’ve always believed that speed on power is devastating and that’s what Manny has. If Manny puts his mind to it, he’ll knock out Broner just like what he did to (Lucas) Matthysse.”

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“I don’t feel anything about Joshua. They lead me on for months; nobody’s talking about him and I plan on keeping it that way,” Wilder dropped. “Their ego got the best of them, so he can continue to go on fighting second tier fighters.”

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Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s father, John, expressed a positivity in the wake of his son’s draw with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. “Let me say, first of all, that’s the best effort you’ll see from anybody in any field of sport. What an effort. What a display of courage and heart. Yes, he got a draw, but let me say that when I seen my son get knocked down heavily like he did, I’d have settled for the draw, then. So all things happen for reasons,” said John Fury, during an interview with British Boxing Television.

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Vasyl Lomachenko said, “I’ve had a great camp and I’m excited to be back at my favourite my place to box, Madison Square Garden.“I’m looking forward to Saturday night, I am excited for a great fight and I am 100% and ready to go.”

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Five of the fighters appearing on UNDISPUTED worked out for the media today in Los Angeles ahead of this Saturday’s world championship boxing event at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:20 p.m. ET/PT.

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His 7.8 landed jabs per round ranks #3 and is nearly double the lightweight avg. Loma landed 47.7% of his power shots,11.6% higher than the lightweight avg., while opponents landed just 18.4% of their total punches (#2 among leaders and just 1.2% from #1 and just 8.8 per round, half the lightweight avg.).

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Tony Harrison watched from his home in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday night as IBF/IBO/WBA 154-pound champion Jarrett Hurd stopped of Jason Welborn in the fourth round at The Staples Center in Los Angeles before WBC counterpart Jermell Charlo entered the ring and disrupted “Swift’s” post-fight interview by challenging him to a Spring unification bout.

“If I had gone to Hurd's fight it would have been a fiasco because I would have jumped into the ring with Hurd and Charlo, also. I would have stopped Charlo and said, ‘Look, homie, you’ve got something else to worry about,’” said Harrison, whom Hurd vanquished by title-winning ninth-round TKO in February 2017.

“But I watched it at the house and I was training for Charlo the very next day. I’m going to throw the biggest monkey wrench in the world into their plans. It’s another source of motivation, but I really didn’t need any more motivation than I already have. Other than that, everything is covered on my end, so I don’t even think too much about it.”

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Lomachenko is as complete a fighter as there is currently in boxing. The multiple time Olympic champion shows the pedigree of that foundation in his timing, footwork, and combination punching. As he has grown accustomed to the paid ranks, he’s also added a power dimension to his game, sitting down with authority on his shots. After the Linares win in what was a fantastic two way display of technical prowess, we also know he can get up. Lomachenko was boxing well when Linares planted him on the floor in the sixth. Most top talents eventually taste the deck. What they do when that happens tells the audience something extra about them. In Lomachenko’s case, he rose and found a way to stop Linares. Against Pedraza, there will be less power to contend with but the Puerto Rican must still be respected. Lomachenko has the speed, footwork, and elusiveness to box all night against the slower footed Pedraza. Will the temptation to test his repaired shoulder push him into more dangerous positions? This feels like a fight where Lomachenko might have to create Pedraza’s chances with his own approach.

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